diff --git a/ospfd/ospf_vty.c b/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
index 1d4aa65355..8af4494335 100644
--- a/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
+++ b/ospfd/ospf_vty.c
@@ -10608,11 +10608,8 @@ static void show_ip_ospf_route_network(struct vty *vty, struct ospf *ospf,
 		prefix2str(&rn->p, buf1, sizeof(buf1));
 
 		json_route = json_object_new_object();
-		if (json) {
+		if (json)
 			json_object_object_add(json, buf1, json_route);
-			json_object_to_json_string_ext(
-				json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
-		}
 
 		switch (or->path_type) {
 		case OSPF_PATH_INTER_AREA:
@@ -10909,11 +10906,8 @@ static void show_ip_ospf_route_external(struct vty *vty, struct ospf *ospf,
 
 		snprintfrr(buf1, sizeof(buf1), "%pFX", &rn->p);
 		json_route = json_object_new_object();
-		if (json) {
+		if (json)
 			json_object_object_add(json, buf1, json_route);
-			json_object_to_json_string_ext(
-				json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
-		}
 
 		switch (er->path_type) {
 		case OSPF_PATH_TYPE1_EXTERNAL:
@@ -11224,7 +11218,9 @@ DEFUN (show_ip_ospf_route,
 			if (uj) {
 				/* Keep Non-pretty format */
 				vty_out(vty, "%s\n",
-					json_object_to_json_string(json));
+					json_object_to_json_string_ext(
+						json,
+						JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE));
 				json_object_free(json);
 			} else if (!ospf_output)
 				vty_out(vty, "%% OSPF instance not found\n");
@@ -11236,7 +11232,9 @@ DEFUN (show_ip_ospf_route,
 			if (uj) {
 				vty_out(vty, "%s\n",
 					json_object_to_json_string_ext(
-						json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY));
+						json,
+						JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY
+							| JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE));
 				json_object_free(json);
 			} else
 				vty_out(vty, "%% OSPF instance not found\n");
@@ -11250,7 +11248,9 @@ DEFUN (show_ip_ospf_route,
 			if (uj) {
 				vty_out(vty, "%s\n",
 					json_object_to_json_string_ext(
-						json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY));
+						json,
+						JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY
+							| JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE));
 				json_object_free(json);
 			} else
 				vty_out(vty, "%% OSPF instance not found\n");
@@ -11263,7 +11263,9 @@ DEFUN (show_ip_ospf_route,
 		ret = show_ip_ospf_route_common(vty, ospf, json, use_vrf);
 		/* Keep Non-pretty format */
 		if (uj)
-			vty_out(vty, "%s\n", json_object_to_json_string(json));
+			vty_out(vty, "%s\n",
+				json_object_to_json_string_ext(
+					json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE));
 	}
 
 	if (uj)